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San'layn Blood Death Knight PvE Guide For Mythic+

Welcome to Murlok.io's PvE guide for San'layn Blood Death Knights in Mythic+ Dungeons. This guide covers the best stats, races, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems for Patch 11.1, based on data from the top 50 San'layn Blood Death Knights in The War Within Season 2 across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions. This includes Graliboar (Outland EU) , who is currently the highest-ranked with a rating of 3354.

Updated every 12 hours with the latest data from the Battle.net API , this guide also examines each character's recent playtime, specialization frequency, and equipment choices for greater accuracy.

Top Blood Death Knights

  1. Graliboar's icon
    1
    Graliboar
    Outland (EU)
    Worgen | San'layn | 664 ilvl
    3354
  2. Alphablood's icon
    2
    Alphablood
    Hellfire (EU)
    Blood Elf | San'layn | 662 ilvl
    3302
  3. Nnoggie's icon
    3
    Nnoggie
    Twisting Nether (EU)
    Dwarf | San'layn | 665 ilvl
    3283
  4. Аэрит's icon
    4
    Аэрит
    Howling Fjord (EU)
    Night Elf | San'layn | 664 ilvl
    3239
  5. Yodadkt's icon
    5
    Yodadkt
    Zuljin (US)
    Night Elf | San'layn | 663 ilvl
    3229

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They determine the character's strength and overall playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various equipment pieces, consumables created by Alchemy, certain foods, some enchantments, and gems.

Each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. Optimizing a character's performance involves finding a balanced distribution. Here is the optimal way to balance San'layn Blood Death Knight secondary and minor stats for Mythic+:

Secondary Stats

+4716
12% Critical Strike
+16770
25% Haste
+11062
48% Mastery
+9620
12% Versatility
  1. Haste
  2. Mastery
  3. Versatility
  4. Critical Strike

Minor Stats

+662
1% Avoidance
+1096
2% Leech
+0
6% Speed
  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  3. Speed

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Death Knight specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Death Knight class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Death Knight's overall capabilities. The following tree reproduces the in-game class talents disposition as a heatmap. Each color represents the usage frequency and general recommendation level of the talents:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide San'layn Blood Death Knights with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. The following tree reproduces the in-game specialization talents disposition and shows the best talents as a heatmap:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow deeper customization of the Blood Death Knight class fantasy, enhancing character builds. The following trees show the San'layn and Deathbringer hero talents as a heatmap, highlighting the most effective choices:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

San'layn hero talent icon San'layn

Deathbringer hero talent icon Deathbringer

Best In Slot Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from various sources: dungeons, raids, world drops, crafted through professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the top items for San'layn Blood Death Knights in Mythic+, tailored for each equipment slot:

Head

  1. Cauldron Champion's Crown icon
    Set
    Cauldron Champion's Crown
    46
  2. Monstrosity's Gaze icon
    Monstrosity's Gaze
    2
  3. Fullthrottle Facerig icon
    Fullthrottle Facerig
    1
  4. Waxsteel Greathelm icon
    Waxsteel Greathelm
    1

Neck

  1. Strapped Rescue-Keg icon
    Strapped Rescue-Keg
    23
  2. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Craft
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship
    19
  3. Flickering Glowtorc icon
    Flickering Glowtorc
    4
  4. Semi-Charmed Amulet icon
    Semi-Charmed Amulet
    2
  5. Gobfather's Gifted Bling icon
    Gobfather's Gifted Bling
    1

Shoulders

  1. Cauldron Champion's Screamplate icon
    Set
    Cauldron Champion's Screamplate
    46
  2. Skyscorcher Pauldrons icon
    Skyscorcher Pauldrons
    2
  3. Foam-Ridden Pauldrons icon
    Foam-Ridden Pauldrons
    1
  4. Paydirt Pauldrons icon
    Paydirt Pauldrons
    1

Back

  1. Electrician's Siphoning Filter icon
    Electrician's Siphoning Filter
    23
  2. Consecrated Cloak icon
    Craft
    Consecrated Cloak
    11
  3. Trashmaster's Mantle icon
    Trashmaster's Mantle
    11
  4. Chef Chewie's Towel icon
    Chef Chewie's Towel
    2
  5. Candlebearer's Shroud icon
    Candlebearer's Shroud
    1

Chest

  1. Cauldron Champion's Ribcage icon
    Set
    Cauldron Champion's Ribcage
    46
  2. \
    "Bullet-Proof" Vestplate
    1
  3. Mechanized Plate Chasse icon
    Mechanized Plate Chasse
    1
  4. Muckdiver's Wading Plate icon
    Muckdiver's Wading Plate
    1
  5. Slashproof Business Plate icon
    Slashproof Business Plate
    1

Wrist

  1. Everforged Vambraces icon
    Craft
    Everforged Vambraces
    22
  2. Stonefury Vambraces icon
    Stonefury Vambraces
    10
  3. Fuzzy Cindercuffs icon
    Fuzzy Cindercuffs
    4
  4. Pit Fighter's Wristguards icon
    Pit Fighter's Wristguards
    4
  5. Flameforged Armguard icon
    Flameforged Armguard
    3

Hands

  1. Cauldron Champion's Fistguards icon
    Set
    Cauldron Champion's Fistguards
    39
  2. Caliginous Claspers icon
    Caliginous Claspers
    6
  3. Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers icon
    Jumpstarter's Scaffold-Scrapers
    3
  4. Gauntlets of Absolute Authority icon
    Gauntlets of Absolute Authority
    2

Waist

  1. Everforged Greatbelt icon
    Craft
    Everforged Greatbelt
    18
  2. Lightning-Conductor's Bands icon
    Lightning-Conductor's Bands
    13
  3. Venture Contractor's Floodlight icon
    Venture Contractor's Floodlight
    7
  4. Coin-Operated Girdle icon
    Coin-Operated Girdle
    5
  5. Automatic Waist Tightener icon
    Automatic Waist Tightener
    3

Legs

  1. Cauldron Champion's Tattered Cuisses icon
    Set
    Cauldron Champion's Tattered Cuisses
    28
  2. Thunder-Clad Legguards icon
    Thunder-Clad Legguards
    11
  3. Galvanized Oxxein Legguards icon
    Galvanized Oxxein Legguards
    6
  4. Heavy Alloy Legplates icon
    Heavy Alloy Legplates
    3
  5. Exhumed Centurion's Chausses icon
    Set
    Exhumed Centurion's Chausses
    1

Feet

  1. Devoted Plate Walkers icon
    Devoted Plate Walkers
    23
  2. Sabatons of Rampaging Elements icon
    Sabatons of Rampaging Elements
    9
  3. Everforged Sabatons icon
    Craft
    Everforged Sabatons
    7
  4. Pyroclastic Greatboots icon
    Pyroclastic Greatboots
    6
  5. Rik's Walkin' Boots icon
    Rik's Walkin' Boots
    3

Rings

  1. Cyrce's Circlet icon
    Cyrce's Circlet
    35
  2. Wick's Golden Loop icon
    Wick's Golden Loop
    18
  3. Ritual Bone Band icon
    Ritual Bone Band
    14
  4. Footbomb Championship Ring icon
    Footbomb Championship Ring
    11
  5. Radiant Necromancer's Band icon
    Radiant Necromancer's Band
    6

Trinkets

  1. Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker icon
    Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker
    22
  2. Tome of Light's Devotion icon
    Tome of Light's Devotion
    22
  3. Chromebustible Bomb Suit icon
    Chromebustible Bomb Suit
    11
  4. Signet of the Priory icon
    Signet of the Priory
    10
  5. Viscera of Coalesced Hatred icon
    Viscera of Coalesced Hatred
    10

Main Hand

  1. Emberbrand Zweihander icon
    Emberbrand Zweihander
    11
  2. Charged Claymore icon
    Craft
    Charged Claymore
    9
  3. Hivebreaker's Dipper icon
    Hivebreaker's Dipper
    7
  4. Poleaxe of Somber Fate icon
    Poleaxe of Somber Fate
    7
  5. Best-in-Slots icon
    Best-in-Slots
    5

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects associated with crafted items, either as predefined elements in a recipe or added with an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Given that only a maximum of two embellished items can be equipped at a time, here are the best embellishments for San'layn Blood Death Knights in Mythic+:

  1. Everforged Greatbelt icon
    Duskthread Lining
    35
  2. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon
    Elemental Focusing Lens
    32
  3. Charged Claymore icon
    Ascendance
    5
  4. Charged Claymore icon
    Symbiosis
    4
  5. Consecrated Cloak icon
    Dawnthread Lining
    2

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Back, Chest, Wrist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here is a list of the top enchantments for San'layn Blood Death Knights in Mythic+, essential for optimizing combat effectiveness:

Back

  1. Chant of Burrowing Rapidity icon
    Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
    18
  2. Chant of Winged Grace icon
    Chant of Winged Grace
    16
  3. Chant of Leeching Fangs icon
    Chant of Leeching Fangs
    10

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance icon
    Crystalline Radiance
    41
  2. Oathsworn's Strength icon
    Oathsworn's Strength
    4
  3. Crystalline Radiance icon
    Crystalline Radiance
    1

Wrist

  1. +1000 Speed icon
    +1000 Speed
    27
  2. +2040 Leech icon
    +2040 Leech
    14
  3. +1090 Avoidance icon
    +1090 Avoidance
    5

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit icon
    Stormbound Armor Kit
    40
  2. Defender's Armor Kit icon
    Defender's Armor Kit
    7
  3. Charged Armor Kit icon
    Charged Armor Kit
    1

Feet

  1. Defender's March icon
    Defender's March
    29
  2. Scout's March icon
    Scout's March
    17
  3. Defender's March icon
    Defender's March
    1

Ring 1

  1. +315 Haste icon
    +315 Haste
    20
  2. +315 Versatility icon
    +315 Versatility
    18
  3. +315 Mastery icon
    +315 Mastery
    7

Ring 2

  1. +315 Haste icon
    +315 Haste
    22
  2. +315 Versatility icon
    +315 Versatility
    21
  3. +315 Mastery icon
    +315 Mastery
    3

Main Hand

  1. Rune of Sanguination icon
    Rune of Sanguination
    37
  2. Rune of the Fallen Crusader icon
    Rune of the Fallen Crusader
    13

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession that provide stat bonuses to improve gear and fine-tune character stats. These gems can be socketed into various item slots, including Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings.

While the availability of sockets on these items is generally random when they drop, Head, Wrist, and Waist items can have a single socket added using the Nerubian Gemweaver , which costs 6 Algari Token of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Additionally, for non-PvP Neck and Rings items, sockets can be added with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting . This item, crafted by Jewelcrafters, can increase the number of sockets to 2 for Neck and Rings slots.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, the following are the top gem choices for San'layn Blood Death Knights in Mythic+:

  1. Quick Sapphire icon
    Quick Sapphire
    58
  2. Versatile Emerald icon
    Versatile Emerald
    48
  3. Masterful Emerald icon
    Masterful Emerald
    22
  4. Quick Onyx icon
    Quick Onyx
    21
  5. Masterful Sapphire icon
    Masterful Sapphire
    19

Citrine Gems

Citrine Gems are a new type of gem socketed into the Cyrce’s Circlet : a powerful ring introduced in World of Warcraft’s The War Within 11.0.7 patch. These gems provide a versatile range of effects to enhance performance in battle.

Obtained through various activities on Siren Isle, Citrine Gems are a compelling choice for adventurers wielding the Cyrce’s Circlet. Here are the best Citrine Gems for San'layn Blood Death Knight in Mythic+:

Thunder Citrine

  1. Stormbringer's Runed Citrine icon
    Stormbringer's Runed Citrine
    31
  2. Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine icon
    Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine
    4

Sea Citrine

  1. Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine icon
    Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine
    35

Wind Citrine

  1. Windsinger's Runed Citrine icon
    Windsinger's Runed Citrine
    26
  2. Legendary Skipper's Citrine icon
    Legendary Skipper's Citrine
    9

Races

Each race in World of Warcraft has unique traits that enhance abilities or improve in-game quality of life. Although these racial traits offer minor advantages, they can provide a competitive edge in certain scenarios.

With Dwarf currently being the top race for San'layn Blood Death Knights in Mythic+, here are the other races that also stand out due to their advantageous traits:

  1. Dwarf icon
    Dwarf
    14
  2. Blood Elf icon
    Blood Elf
    9
  3. Night Elf icon
    Night Elf
    8
  4. Orc icon
    Orc
    5
  5. Dark Iron Dwarf icon
    Dark Iron Dwarf
    4